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Is University of California-Santa Barbara, CA tap water safe?

Goleta Water District serves University of California-Santa Barbara, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and California’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Goleta Water District serves University of California-Santa Barbara. In EPA’s and California’s records it has 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: Lithium at 53.5 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from Goleta Water District is very hard, typically 485 mg/L (28.4 grains per gallon). How California’s water compares.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Goleta Water District’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near University of California-Santa Barbara

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab California certifies.

The 3 labs California certifies closest to University of California-Santa Barbara, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Clinical Laboratory of San Bernardino II

    Lompoc, CA · about 23 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (805) 737-7300

  • Oilfield Environmental & Compliance Inc. (OEC)

    Santa Maria, CA · about 40 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (805) 922-4772

  • Capco Analytical Services

    Ventura, CA · about 51 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (805) 644-1095

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in University of California-Santa Barbara

Which ZIP codes are in University of California-Santa Barbara: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: California State Water Resources Control Board, ELAP accredited laboratories and their fields of accreditation; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near University of California-Santa Barbara

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